A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'MONKEY AND HORSE' GROUP

A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'MONKEY AND HORSE' GROUP
18TH CENTURY

Carved in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the right and supported by the raised front left leg, with the other three tucked beneath the body. The bushy tail is wrapped around its right haunch, and a small monkey is clambering on its back playfully grasping a halter with both hands, together with a wood stand, 6.8cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, formerly from the Oppenheimer Collection; then the collection of P D Krolik Esq. where it was on loan to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, sold Sotheby & Co. London, 24th February 1970, lot 112, for £120.

For more information regarding the Oppenheimers as collectors, see R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.342. Mrs Louis (Charlotte Emily née Pollak) Oppenheimer was the mother of Raymond Oppenheimer (1905-84), whose collection Bluett’s sold in November 1965. The authors note: ‘Brian Morgan recalls her arrival at Bluett’s in a chauffeured Rolls-Royce, and, to Edgar Bluett’s irritation and surprise, taking Miss Cole, the firm’s redoubtable secretary, to lunch.’

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來源：英國私人收藏，Oppenheimer 舊藏；之後P D Krolik Esq舊藏，曾租借於Leicester Museum and Art Gallery展出，1970年2月24日以£120的價格於倫敦蘇富比售出。